Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation
British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim...
Mar 20, 2025

Feds give millions to B.C.'s STEMCELL Technologies and HTEC for facility construction
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's pumping nearly $100 million into two B.C. firms to support the construction of a hydrogen fuel facility and two "cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities" ...
Mar 19, 2025

Body of missing Langley, B.C., senior found months after she went missing: RCMP
LANGLEY, B.C. - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say the body of an 82-year-old woman has been found several months after she went missing. Jane Whitehouse was reported missing on Oct. 25 last year. Police ...
Mar 19, 2025

RCMP in Northwest Territories charge B.C. man in fatal shooting
YELLOWKNIFE - RCMP say charges have been laid in a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Northwest Territories. Officers responded to a home early Saturday morning in the hamle...
Mar 19, 2025

Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Laura Holland says she's "tired of waiting" for justice for her smart and affectionate son, who was killed by police in Campbell River, B.C., in July 2021. The B.C. Prosecution Service say...
Mar 19, 2025

B.C. shuts door on secondary-suite incentive program over 'uncertain financial times'
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is cancelling an incentive program meant to entice more homeowners to build secondary suites, saying the decision is "due to uncertain financial time...
Mar 19, 2025

UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security ...
Mar 19, 2025

Gang police allege Vancouver man ran 'sophisticated' gun importation scheme
SURREY, B.C. - A 24-year-old Vancouver man faces several charges after investigators dismantled what they say was a "sophisticated" gun importation operation. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement U...
Mar 19, 2025

Ottawa provides $20M for B.C.'s forest sector amid softwood duties, trade war
RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal government is providing about $20 million in funding to support British Columbia's forestry sector, part of Ottawa's effort to bolster the economy amid the Canada-U. S. tr...
Mar 19, 2025

Commercial truck hits B.C. highway overpass, losing lumber load and snarling traffic
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia's Highway Patrol says another commercial truck has hit an overpass in Metro Vancouver, causing no visible damage, but snarling traffic on Wednesday. Police say a load...
Mar 19, 2025